Salvador Dalì's Unseen Works at Kasa dei Libri in Milan
A new exhibition titled 'Me ne faccio un baffo' at Kasa dei Libri in Milan showcases rare and unseen works by Salvador Dalì, curated by Andrea Kerbaker. The display includes 100 lithographs for Dante's Divine Comedy, commissioned in the 1950s by the Italian state but later published by Salani in Florence. Also featured are Dalì's cookbook 'Les Diners de Gala' from 1973, tarot cards designed over ten years, and collaborations with Luis Buñuel, Alfred Hitchcock, and Luchino Visconti. The exhibition runs across three floors of the venue at Largo De Benedetti 4, highlighting Dalì's eccentricities through wine labels, chocolate advertisements, and photographs with Amanda Lear.
Key facts
- Exhibition title: 'Me ne faccio un baffo'
- Curator: Andrea Kerbaker, professor at Università Cattolica
- Venue: Kasa dei Libri, Largo De Benedetti 4, Milan
- Includes 100 lithographs for Dante's Divine Comedy
- Commissioned by Italian state in 1950s for Dante's 700th birthday (1965)
- Later published by Salani in Florence in 6 volumes
- Features 'Les Diners de Gala' cookbook from 1973 (400 copies)
- Tarot cards designed over ten years, launched in 1984
- Includes Macbeth illustrated in 1946, Shakespeare's 'As You Like It' program (1948, directed by Visconti with Vittorio Gassman and Paolo Stoppa)
- Notes sur la poésie by André Breton and Paul Éluard (1936) with Dalí illustration
- Dalì collaborated with Luis Buñuel on two films, designed dream sequence for Hitchcock's 'Spellbound', worked with Visconti on Pirandello's 'Come mi piace'
- Collection includes items from Mors private collection in Florida
Entities
Artists
- Salvador Dalì
- Andrea Kerbaker
- Luis Buñuel
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Luchino Visconti
- Vittorio Gassman
- Paolo Stoppa
- André Breton
- Paul Éluard
- Gala Dalì
- Amanda Lear
- Dante Alighieri
- William Shakespeare
- Pirandello
Institutions
- Kasa dei Libri
- Università Cattolica
- Salani
- Mors private collection
Locations
- Milan
- Italy
- Figueres
- Paris
- Firenze
- Florence
- Cadaqués
- Florida
- United States
- Rome